TY - GEN
T1 - Numerical Simulation on Effects of TCO Work Function on Performance of a-Si:H Solar Cells
AU - Sholih, Ahmad
AU - Hamdani, Dadan
AU - Wicaksono, Sigit Tri
AU - Hidayat, Mas Irfan Purbawanto
AU - Cahyono, Yoyok
AU - Darminto,
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In this paper, we have investigated the effect of the work function of transparent conducting oxides (TCO) on the performance of a-Si:H p-i-n solar cells, including open circuit voltage (VOC), short circuit current (JSC), fill factor (FF) and conversion efficiency, using AFORS-HET software. The simulation has focused on two layers: front contact work function (ΦTCO-front) and back contact work function (ΦTCO-back) with various band energy gap from 4.7 eV to 5.3 eV and 4.2 eV to 4.9 eV respectively. From the simulation results, we know that the work function of TCO greatly affects the performance of solar cells such as Voc, Jsc, FF and conversion efficiency. By optimization, we arrive at results of Voc, Jsc, FF and conversion efficiencies of 0.88 V, 8.95 mA / cm2, 65% and 5.1% respectively, by using ΦTCO-front of 5.2 eV. When ΦTCO-front > 5.2 eV, the values of VOC, FF and conversion efficiency have been saturated, while the value of the J sc actually begins to decrease. Furthermore, when the ΦTCO-back is 4.3 eV, we get the best results for VOC, Jsc, FF and conversion Efficiency of 0.9 V, 8.96 mA / cm2, 73 % and 5.9 % respectively. When ΦTCO-back > 4.3 eV, the values of VOC, FF and conversion efficiency begin to decrease, while the value of the Jsc does not change significantly. These optimizations may help for producing low cost high efficiency p-i-n solar cells experimentally.
AB - In this paper, we have investigated the effect of the work function of transparent conducting oxides (TCO) on the performance of a-Si:H p-i-n solar cells, including open circuit voltage (VOC), short circuit current (JSC), fill factor (FF) and conversion efficiency, using AFORS-HET software. The simulation has focused on two layers: front contact work function (ΦTCO-front) and back contact work function (ΦTCO-back) with various band energy gap from 4.7 eV to 5.3 eV and 4.2 eV to 4.9 eV respectively. From the simulation results, we know that the work function of TCO greatly affects the performance of solar cells such as Voc, Jsc, FF and conversion efficiency. By optimization, we arrive at results of Voc, Jsc, FF and conversion efficiencies of 0.88 V, 8.95 mA / cm2, 65% and 5.1% respectively, by using ΦTCO-front of 5.2 eV. When ΦTCO-front > 5.2 eV, the values of VOC, FF and conversion efficiency have been saturated, while the value of the J sc actually begins to decrease. Furthermore, when the ΦTCO-back is 4.3 eV, we get the best results for VOC, Jsc, FF and conversion Efficiency of 0.9 V, 8.96 mA / cm2, 73 % and 5.9 % respectively. When ΦTCO-back > 4.3 eV, the values of VOC, FF and conversion efficiency begin to decrease, while the value of the Jsc does not change significantly. These optimizations may help for producing low cost high efficiency p-i-n solar cells experimentally.
KW - A-Si:H
KW - AFORS-HET
KW - Numerical simulation
KW - P-i-n solar cell
KW - Work function
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124875308&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.966.501
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.966.501
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85124875308
SN - 9783035714968
T3 - Materials Science Forum
SP - 501
EP - 506
BT - Functional Properties of Modern Materials II
A2 - Darminto, null
A2 - Kurniawan, Budhy
A2 - Risdiana, null
A2 - Watanabe, Isao
A2 - Nugroho, Agustinus Agung
PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
T2 - 4th International Conference on Functional Materials Science, ICFMS 2018
Y2 - 13 November 2018 through 15 November 2018
ER -